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Excavator boom hits power lines

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator has warned miners to keep watch when moving machinery around site to avoid overhead power lines after a dangerous incident at an open cut coal mine.

Karma Barndon
The Regulator's image of the incident

The Regulator's image of the incident

An excavator operator was tramming a 30 tonne excavator from a road construction area to a borehole drill pad when the top of the excavator boom touched the 11 kilovolt power lines. The driver was forced...

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